[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25462]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081798B]


Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Robin Baird, Biology 
Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1 Canada, 
has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 926.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Regional Office, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 
Sand Point Way, NE., BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115, (206/526-6150);
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Regional Office, NMFS, NOAA, 709 
West 9th Street, Federal Building, Juneau, Alaska 99802 (907/586-
72212); and
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Regional Office, NMFS, NOAA, 501 
West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (562/980-
4001).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 35568) that an amendment of permit No. 926, 
issued June 6. 1994 (59 FR 31217), had been requested by the above-
named individual. The requested amendment has been issued under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR Part 216), the Endangered Species 
Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the 
Regulations Governing the Taking, Importing, and Exporting of 
Endangered Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
    Issuance of this amendment, as required by the ESA, was based on a 
finding that such permit: (1) Was applied for in good faith; (2) will 
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the 
subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: September 15, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-25462 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]
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